Lindbergh Cross Country

Over 40 teams participated in the Fort Steilacoom Invitational this year–the largest number ever in the history of the meet.  The weather was perfect.  Even after a very difficult week of training and having already raced on Thursday, the Lindbergh runners performed very well.  Lots of people ran PRs and competed strongly. 

The boys team, still running without the injured James Turnbull, threw down an impressive third-place finish, behind Eisenhower and Olympia (both 4A teams).  The girls team placed 22nd.  The J.V. boys top 5 placed 10th.  The J.V. boys #2 team placed 13th.

 Great job everyone.  Click below for individual splits and finish times.

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The class meet this year was a smashing success for the Lindbergh Eagles.  In each race, we placed at least one person in the top ten.  We had three individual winners (Anna Sinclair, Trevor Thompson, and Matt Miland).  Trevor set a new freshman course record by :18 seconds.  Almost everyone was greatly improved over last year's times.  If we calculated the team score, our boys would have easily taken first place, while our girls would have finished third (behind Renton and Hazen).

Click below for complete individual splits and times.

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This Saturday, Sept. 16, we run our second invitational at Fort Steilacoom State Park.  Click below for information on this meet.

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The 2006 Tahoma Coed Relays were a success:  the weather cooperated, everyone had fun at the BBQ, and our team ran very well.  For the first time we had a relay team place in the top ten.  Trevor Thompson, Madeline Platt, Matt Miland, Patty Harvey, and Chris Miland placed 10th.

 Click below for the complete Lindbergh results.

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This Saturday is our first cross country meet–the Tahoma Coed Relays.  We will also hold our team and family BBQ after the races are completed.  Everyone is invited.  This is a very low-key but fun meet.  It is the only time all season that competitors in the meet get to run through a lake for part of the course. 

 Click below for Saturday's schedule.

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Saturday morning we ran our annual team time trial.  We ran yet another version of our home course at Lindbergh (more construction).  The distance was exactly 3 miles.  Conditions:  Sunny, hot, no wind, about 75 degrees.  Because it was a three-day weekend, several people were out of town.  The times at the time trial are slow every year compared to the times people will run during the season.  This is in part because it is the first race of the year, and in part because the course at Lindbergh is the slowest that we run on all year.

 Click below for the results.

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Saturday, September 9th we have our first meet of the season.  It is at Lake Wilderness State Park.  After the meet, we are going to have our annual Team and Family BBQ.  All Family members are invited to this event.  Some parents are organizing the BBQ, and they will be calling to make sure all the families know about it, and to tell everyone what they need to bring. 

 This is a great time for everyone to get to know one another, and I look forward to seeing everyone there.

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The 2006 Cross Country schedule for been posted for a couple of weeks.  However, one of the invitational meets we were planning on running in has been cancelled this year due to the Lake Sammammish park not being available.  We are running in a different invite the one week earlier instead.  Click on the 2006 Schedule link to see the change.

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James Turnbull, Jan Rey Pioquinto, and Tor Ferguson are this year's Boys Cross Country Captains.  These three have done a nice job training over the summer and making phone calls to team members.  They have done a great job providing leadership during the first week of practice, and I am looking forward to working with them this season.

These three boy's captains join Bailey Bangerter and Patty Harvey who were announced as the girls captains earlier in the summer.

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